Sucheta, Author at SCC Times

Able-bodied person, who is bound to maintain a dependant wife, also responsible to maintain his dependant mother: Karnataka HC

While hearing a petition wherein sons of an aged mother expressed their inability to pay monthly maintenance to their mother, the Court grimly observed that number of youngsters who are unwilling to look after their aged parents, is sadly increasing.

Appointments & Transfers News

SC Collegium recommends appointment of 4 Advocates, 2 Judicial Officers as Judges for High Courts of Telangana and Himachal Pradesh

1 woman judicial officer has been recommended by the Collegium for elevation as High Court Judge out of the 6 recommended names.

Appointments & Transfers News

Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of 15 Permanent Judges for 5 High Courts

Collegium in its Resolution dated 12-07-2023 recommended names of 15 Judges who are to appointed Permanent Judges in their respective High Courts. 3 out of the 15 recommended names are women Judges.

Know thy Judge

Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Aravind Kumar

Prior to his elevation to the Supreme Court, Justice Aravind Kumar, as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, took steps to tackle pendency of cases and initiated the conversion of roadways buses into schools for poor children.

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Appointments & Transfers News

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice S. Venkatanarayana Bhatti take oath as Judges of Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court Collegium recommended the elevation of Justice Bhuyan and Justice Bhatti on 05-07-2023, which was cleared by the Ministry of Law and Justice within 1 week, i.e. on 12-07-2023.

Appointments & Transfers News

Supreme Court Collegium recommends transfer of 3 High Court Judges

The Resolution dated 12-07-2023 is a reiteration of the Collegium’s proposal dated 05-7-2023 wherein they had recommended transfer of Justice Manoj Bajaj, Justice D.K. Singh and Justice Gaurang Kanth.

Case Briefs High Courts

Karnataka High Court refuses to grant relief to an advocate accused of raping a law intern; Says that the advocate must come clean in a trial

The Court stated that any interference under S. 482 of CrPC would be rendering approval of the accused-advocate’s depravity and will have a chilling effect on legal profession. Thus, the accused-advocate must come clean in a full-blown trial.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

“Sad day for American constitutional law and LGBTQ+ people”: Decoding the Dissent to SCOTUS allowing wedding website designer to decline services to same-sex couples

In a fierce dissent to the majority decision of allowing a wedding website designer to decline services to same-sex couples, 3 SCOTUS Judges pointed out that US Constitution contains no right to refuse service to a disfavoured group and cautioned that this decision may negatively impact not only the LGBTQ+ community, but also interracial couples in future.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

When a Canadian Court ruled that “thumbs-up” emoji constitutes a valid non-traditional means to convey acceptance of a contract

Court was also of the view that signature in a classic presentation and does denote identity and confirmation of an agreement; however, that in itself does not prevent the use of a modern- day emoji such as thumbs-up emoji.

Case Briefs High Courts

Does harassment of wife due to sarcastic remarks attracts penal provisions for abetment to suicide per se? J&K and Ladakh HC answers

The Court was considering a case where a wife had set herself ablaze after having telephonic conversation with her husband who refused to come back and live with her and asked her to go from where she had come.

Case Briefs High Courts

“Wife is not supposed to sit idle and seek entire maintenance from her husband”; Karnataka HC rejects petition challenging reduction of maintenance

In absence of any explanation suggesting that the wife was incapable of working again, the Court stated that she is legally bound to meet her own expenses and should only seek supportive maintenance from her husband.

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Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

District Consumer Court directs Qatar Airways to compensate a High Court Judge for denying him permission to board the plane despite having boarding pass

DCDRC directed compensation of Rs. 7 Lakhs for causing hardship and mental agony to Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, due to deficient services on part of Qatar Airways in 2018 when he had planned a trip to Scotland with his friends.

Case Briefs High Courts

Gender cannot be a ground for bail when the alleged offence is grave in nature; Karnataka High Court dismisses bail petition

The Court was considering a bail petition wherein the petitioner was accused of murdering her husband.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Colorado’s anti-discrimination law cannot compel a wedding website designer to create expressive designs contrary to her personal beliefs on marriage: SCOTUS

The Court with a ratio of 6:3 protected the First Amendment right of the petitioner who believes in heterosexual marriages only.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

“Equal educational opportunity is a prerequisite to achieving racial equality”: Dissenting Opinion on SCOTUS’ Affirmative Action decision

In a scathing dissent, the Judges observed that in holding that race can no longer be used in a limited way in college admissions to achieve critical benefits, the Majority has rolled back decades of precedent and momentous progress.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Race-based admission programs by Universities of Harvard and North Carolina, violates Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment: SCOTUS

SCOTUS majority was of the view that Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs lack sufficiently focused and measurable objectives warranting the use of race and unavoidably employ race in a negative manner.

Hot Off The Press News

Karnataka High Court dismisses Twitter’s plea challenging MeiTY blocking orders; Slaps hefty cost of Rs. 50 Lakhs

Twitter had knocked the doors of the High Court after Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued its orders under S. 69-A of Information and Technology Act, 2000

Case Briefs High Courts

Gauhati HC directs the State of Assam to expediate the process of constituting a Transgender Welfare Board

The Court noted the submission that a Welfare Board will help in addressing issues faced by the Transgender persons in the State.

Case Briefs High Courts

“Took copyright for granted”: Karnataka HC refuses to quash copyright violation case against Congress leaders for using songs of KGF- Chapter 2 without permission

Tampering the source code without permission and freely playing the audio would undoubtedly amount to infringement of copyright of the complainant.

Case Briefs High Courts

[Suicide] | Educational institutions must recognise the malady of harsh discipline so that lives of young souls can be saved: Karnataka HC

“Spare the rod and spoil the child” has metamorphosed into “spare the rod and teach the child”, said Karnataka HC while considering a quashment petition by the authorities of Karumbaiah Academy who were alleged to have been responsible for a student’s suicide.